Good info. Have you noticed if some snakes just dont seem to put on thet weight very well with the smaller meals?Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki
YES YES YES ... fat/chubby male balls (pythons) are lazy sacks of poop ... they don't want to breed, they only want to sleep ... females too, fat/chubby female balls (pythons) IME are more prone to slugs or just not being receptive to males .... keep your males lean and your females "athletic" ... for males I feed one "small small" rat per week or 2 small adult mice ... for females I feed about the same, sometimes girls get 2 "small smalls" depending on their size. You don't need to feed ball pythons "big food".
People that visit are ALWAYS shocked at how small the rats that I feed my giant girls are ... but it's really all that they need.
89% of everything I bred this year laid eggs and out of several hundred eggs, I can count my slugs on my fingers ... a lot of that is in the diet.
-adam
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